61 st Congress, j 

SENATE. 

j Document 

3d Session. j 


( No. 840. 


THE COUPON BALLOT. 

i 


Mr. Owen presented the following 

MEMORIAL OF MONCENA DUNN, OF LA CROSSE, WIS., RELATIVE 
TO THE COUPON-BALLO^? SYSTEM AS AUTHORIZED BY THE 
LAWS OF WISCONSIN. 


February 27, 1911.—Ordered to be printed. 


To the honorable the Senate and the House of Representatives of the 

United States in Congress assembled: 

This memorial, by Moncena Dunn, of La Crosse, Wis., respectfully 
represents that businesslike methods of balloting and counting ballots 
is the essential feature now lacking in our governmental system. 
Confidence in the ballot is a vital necessity of popular government. 
This can be maintained only by the employment of businesslike 
methods. The coupon ballot presents opportunities for the improve¬ 
ment of our election laws so numerous and far-reaching as to merit 
recognition, approval, and legislative encouragement by our Govern¬ 
ment, looking toward its general adoption, in support of which the 
following is submitted: 

The opportunities for fraudulent practices in voting and counting 
ballots under the prevailing methods are so numerous and convenient 
as to invite their employment. Ballots can instantly be changed or 
destroyed by the addition of marks. They may be identified for the 
benefit of the briber by the writing in of names. The briber can be 
certain that he gets value received by the use of the “endless-chain 
fraud” in most of the States without the possible knowledge of the 
election officers. 

The ballots and tally sheets in common use afford no means of de¬ 
tecting fraudulent counting by a recount. They present no method 
for tracing errors to the official who made them. They leave no 
record of how a particular ballot was counted. After many years of 
effort, which have brought forth hundreds of fruitless changes and 
much bewilderment of the voters, there are still thousands of ballots 
cast which do not make plain the intention of their voters. It fre¬ 
quently happens, in close elections, that a few ballots unintelligibly 
marked are placed in the hands of a judicial officer as the only means 
from which to determine who has been elected. 

These defects tend to discourage voters in the exercise of the fran¬ 
chise, and to destroy that faith in government which is dependent 
upon confidence in the ballot. The use of the coupon ballot in La 







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THE COUPON BALLOT. 


Crosse and Eau Claire Counties November 8, 1910, made manifest the 
superior ease and accuracy with which it is made to convey their in¬ 
tentions by all classes of voters. 

The coupon ballot was voted more intelligently by all classes the 
first time it was used than the “mark system” ever was voted during 
the 25 years of its use in La Crosse and Eau Claire Counties in Wis¬ 
consin. The percentage of split votes was unprecedentedly large. 
There was no confusion as to the intention of the voter in any ease. 
The number of defective ballots was less than 10 per cent of the num¬ 
ber rejected in the last previous election. 

The method of voting the coupon ballot can be learned in from one 
to five minutes and so fixed upon the mind that it will never be 

ballot folder is opened, contents counted and rein¬ 
closed separately, concentration of all upon a single ballot preventing 
fraud. The tally sheets when completed present a detailed account of 
how each and every ballot was counted. An error can be traced to 
the individual election official who made it. Some of the election 
boards completed the count in this manner in one-half the time pre¬ 
viously consumed. An essential feature is the recount, which is had 
by reference to the envelope in which are sealed the coupons bearing 
the names of the candidates for whom the voter did not vote and 
which shall be opened only in the presence of a reviewing court. 

The coupon ballot cost less in both the counties in which it was 
used at the general election November 8, 1910, than the previous 
average cost of ballots in those counties. This was true because onl\ r 
half as many are needed, owing to the fact that a voter can not spoil 
a coupon ballot. 

All of the opportunities for fraudulent practices presented b}^ the 
methods in general use are nullified by the coupon ballot. The “end¬ 
less-chain fraud” is rendered valueless because the voter can instantly 
change the “fixed” ballot while in the booth, owing to the fact that 
he does not seal it until he returns to the presence of the election offi¬ 
cers. The identification fraud is prevented by requiring the voter to 
vote all written names independently of the coupon ballot. The 
changing of ballots by dishonest election officers is prevented by the 
method of handling only one at a time in the count and by the fact 
that the “remainder” portions of the ballots are sealed by the voters, 
not to be opened except by the courts. Each remainder envelope con¬ 
tains a virtual duplicate of the voted portion of its ballot, because it is 
easy to see what has been taken away from it. 

A sample of the coupon ballot and a s 3 mopsis of the Wisconsin law 
under which it is used is hereto attached and made part of this memo¬ 
rial. The omitted portions of the law are either descriptive of the 
ballot or unnecessary for a general understanding of the subject. 


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Instructions to voter .—Put the coupons bearing the names of those you wish to elect into the Official 
Ballot Folder. Put all the remainder of the ballot into the Remainder Envelope. Do not mark with 
pencil. Close both envelopes but do not seal them in the booth. 


1 

For Governor 

ADOLPH J. SCHMITZ 

Democrat 


H 

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For Member of Assembly, 2d Dist. 

E. J. KNEEN 

Democrat 

9 




Ph 




For Lieutenant Governor 


o 

For County Clerk 


2 

HARRY W. BOLENS 


o 

OSCAR H. HUSING 

10 


Democrat 


S 

Democrat 





H 




For Secretary of State 


Q 

For County Treasurer 


3 

JOHN M. CALLAHAN 



WILLIAM LUENING 

11 


Democrat 



Democi'at 



Eor State Treasurer 



For Sheriff 


4 

JOHN RINGLE 



CHRIS J. BURNS 

12 


Democrat 



Democrat 



For Attorney General 



For Coroner 


5 

JOHN F. DOPIERTY 



HERMAN LANGSTADT 

13 


Democrat 



Democrat 



For Commissioner of Insurance 



For Clerk of Circuit Court 


6 

JOHN A. HAZELWOOD 



FRANK I. PHELPS 

14 


Democrat 



Democrat 



For Member of Congress, 7th Dist. 



For District Attorney 


7 

PAUL W. MAHONEY 



A. H. SCHUBERT 

15 


Democrat 



Democrat 



For State Senator 



For Register of Deeds 


8 

ORI J. SORENSEN 



BENJAMIN S. SHOVE 

16 


Democrat 



Democrat 



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For Surveyor 






CHARLES M. JARVIS 

17 





Democrat 


































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THE COUPON BALLOT 


Instructions to voter.— Put the coupons bearing the names of those you wish to elect into the Official 
Ballot Folder. Put all the remainder of the ballot into the Remainder Envelope. Do not mark with 
pencil. Close both envelopes but do not seal them in the booth. 



For Governor 


For Member of Assembly, 2d Dist. 


1 

FRANCIS F. MCGOVERN 


VALENTINE S. KEPPEL 

9 


Republican 

< 

Republican 



For Lieutenant Governor 

O 

w 

For County Clerk 


2 

THOMAS MORRIS 

M 

H 

£ 

CHAS. H. RAWLINSON 

10 


Republican 

Republican 


Pm 






For Secretary of State 

H 

For County Treasurer 


3 

JAMES A. FREAR 

(A 

HENRY FREEHOFF 

11 


Republican 


Republican 



For State Treasurer 


For Sheriff 


4: 

ANDREW H. DAHL 


EUGENE H. DERR 

12 


Republican 


Republican 



For Attorney General 


For Coroner 


5 

LEVI H. BANCROFT 


LEONARD KLEEBER 

13 


Republican 


Republican 



For Commissioner of Insurance 


For Clerk of Circuit Court 


6 

HERMAN L. EKERN 


RUSSEL D. SMITH 

14 


Republican 


Republican 



For Member of Congress, 7th Dist. 


For District Attorney 


7 

JOHN JACOB ESCH 


JAMES THOMPSON 

15 


Republican 


Republican 



For State Senator 


For Register of Deeds 


8 

OTTO BOSSHARD 


ANDREW E. THOMPSON 

16 


Republican 

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Republican 


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H 

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For Surveyor 

GEORGE P. BRADISH 

Republican 

17 























THE COUPON BALLOT 


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Instructions to voter .—Put the coupons bearing the names of those you wish to elect into the Official 
Ballot Folder. Put all the remainder of the ballot into the Remainder Envelope. Do not mark with 
pencil. Close both envelopes but do not seal them in the booth. 



For Governor 


For Member of Assembly, 2d Dist. 


1 

WILLIAM A. JACOBS 

H 

JOHN P. HEYSTEK 

9 


Social Democrat 

Ph 

O 

Social Democrat 



For Lieutenant Governor 

For County Clerk 


2 

HENRY BRUINS 

o 

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w 

B. N. ANDERSON 

10 


Social Democrat 

Social Democrat 



For Secretary of State 

A 

For County Treasurer 


3 

GUSTAV A. HERING 

A 

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No Nomination 

11 


Social Democrat 

Social Democrat 



For State Treasurer 

o 

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For Sheriff 


4 

CHARLES W. SWANSON 

ROBERT C. McCALEB 

12 


Social Democrat 


Social Democrat 



For Attorney General 


For Coroner 


5 

GERRIT T. THORN 


No Nomination 

13 


Social Democrat 


Social Democrat 



For Commissioner of Insurance 


For Clerk of Circuit Court 


6 

FRED M. ALTHEN 


RICHARD GLADE 

14 


Social Democrat 


Social Democrat 



For Member of Congress 7th Dist. 


For District Attorney 


7 

JOHN MARQUET 


No Nomination 

15 


Social Democrat 


Social Democrat 



For State Senator 32d Dist. 


For Register of Deeds 


8 

No Nomination 


CARL A. NOETZELMAN 

16 


Social Democrat 

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Social Democrat 



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For Surveyor 

No Nomination 

Social Democrat 

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THE COUPON BALLOT 


Instructions to voter.— Put the coupons bearing the names of those you wish to elect into the Official 
Ballot Folder. Put all the remainder of the ballot into the Remainder Envelope. Do not mark with 
pencil. Close both envelopes but do not seal them in the booth. 


1 

For Governor 

BYRON E. VAN KEUREN 

Prohibition 

O 

For Member of Assembly, 2d Dist. 

No Nomination 

Prohibition 

9 


For Lieutenant Governor 

EH 

M 

For County Clerk 


2 

CHARLES L. HILL 

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No Nomination 

10 


Prohibition 

W 

B 

Prohibition , 



For Secretary of State 

o 

A 

For County Treasurer 


3 

WILLIAM C. DEAN 

Ph 

No Nomination 

11 


Prohibition 


Prohibition 



For State Treasurer 


For Sheriff 


4 

GEORGE W. WILSON 


GARRET WESTERHOUSE 

12 


Prohibition 


Prohibition 



For Attorney General 


For Coroner 


5 

No Nomination 


No Nomination 

13 


Prohibition 


Prohibitio n 



For Commissioner of Insurance 


For Clerk of Circuit Court 


6 

No Nomination 


No Nomination 

14 


Prohibition 


Prohibition 

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For Member of Congress, 7th Dist. 


For District Attorney 


7 

A. A. MERRILL 


No Nomination 

15 


Prohibition 


Prohibition 



For State Senator, 32d Dist. 


For Register of Deeds 


8 

No Nomination 


No Nomination 

16 


Prohibition 

X 

Prohibition 








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For Surveyor 





No Nomination 

17 




Prohibition 



























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For Governor 

1 FRED G. KRKMER 
Social Labor Party 

“Nomination Papers” 

For Lieutenant Governor 

2 JOHN HEROLD 
Social Labor Party 

“Nomination Papers” 

For Secretary of State 

3 JOHN VIERTHALER 
Social Labor Party 

“Nomination Papers” 

For State Treasurer 

4 FRED FARCH MIN 
Social Labor Party 

“Nomination Papers” 


CO 

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For Member of Assembly, 2d Dist. 
GEORGE JONES 
“Independent ” Prohibition 

9 

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For County Clerk 


A 

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EDWARD A. REDMANN 

10 

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“ Independent ” Prohibition 


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1-1 

For County Treasurer 


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HORACE G. WILLEY 

11 

£ 

“ Independent” Prohibition 


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For Coroner 


P 

ANDREW E. SMITH 

13 

A 

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“ Independent ” Prohibition 



For Attorney General 
5 CHAS. H. CROWNHART 
Prog ress ive Republica n 
“Nomination Papers” 


For Commissioner of Insurance 
(> CHRIST O. NORDBY 
“ Independent ” Prohibition 


For Clerk of Circuit Court 
HARRY SCHILLING 
“ Independent” Prohibition 


For District Attorney 

BERT S. STEAD WELL 15 

“ Independent” Prohibition 


For Commissioner of Insurance 
6 ALBERT WAUG 
Social Labor Party 

“Nomination Papers” 


W 


£ 


For Register of Deeds 

FRANK H. AIKEN 16 

‘ ‘ Independent ’ ’ Republican 
“Nomination Papers” 


For Register of Deeds 

D. C. CHAPPEL 16 

“ Independent ” Prohibition 


For Surveyor 

FRED MULDER 17 

“ Independent” Prohibition 

















































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THE COUPON BALLOT. 


Governor 


Member Assembly 


Instructions to Voter 


l 


Lieut. Governor 
2 


Secretary of State 
3 


State Treasurer 
4 


Attorney General 
5 


Comm’r Insurance 
6 


Member Congress 
7 


State Senator 
8 


9 


County Clerk 
10 


County Treasurer 
11 


Sheriff 

12 


Coroner 

13 


Clerk Court 
14 


District Attorney 
15 


Register Deeds 
16 


Surveyor 

17 


The voter must in¬ 
close in this folder the 
coupon of every candi¬ 
date he wishes to elect, 
and must put the re¬ 
maining unused coupons 
in the remainder enve¬ 
lope. 

Both this folder and 
the remainder envelope 
must be closed (but not 
sealed) while in the 
booth, so that no one 
can see how the voter 
has chosen. 

After he has left the 
booth, the voter must 
then seal both the re¬ 
mainder envelope and 
the folder in view of the 
inspectors. 

The ballot must not 
be marked in any way 
that will identify it. 

Each and every cou¬ 
pon must be preserved 
in the manner above 
described. 

The slits are for hold¬ 
ing separate coupons and 
may be used or not, as 
the voter wishes. If 
they are used, the count¬ 
ing is much easier for 
inspectors, as the cou¬ 
pons will be held in 
place when folder is 
opened. 


[On back.] 

OFFICIAL BALLOT FOLDER 

November 8th, 1910. 

Toivnship (or Precinct) . 

. Ballot Clerk 

. Ballot Clerk 

INSTRUCTIONS TO INSPECTORS OF 
ELECTION. 

The number to be placed in the space below 
must be the same as the number placed upon the 
remainder envelope, which contains that part of 
the ballot which the voter does not wish to elect, 
and must be placed there by the inspectors after 
the ballot is taken from the ballot box. 

This folder and the envelope containing the 
remainder of the ballot must be attached together 
by the inspectors before placing in the ballot box, 
using the pocket on the outside of the remainder 
envelope for that purpose, placing this folder into 
the pocket. 

As soon as they are taken out of the ballot box 
each must be numbered before they are separated, 
or as they are separated from each other, using 
the same number for both parts of the ballot. 

After numbering and separating, then this 
folder must be opened, its contents counted, and 
its number must appear upon the tally sheet, 
showing the column in which it is recorded. 

Ballot Number. 
























THE COUPON BALLOT 


9 


Brought for’d .. 


DEMOCRAT. 


Totals.... 


02 


1 2 




5 6 


10 


10 


9 10 


11 


11 




1213 


12 13 


11 


14 


14 


15 


16 


15 


12 13 


14 


15 


16 


16 


17 


17 


REPUBLICAN. 


17 


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10 


11 


10 


10 


12 


11 


12 


13 


14 


13 


11 


12 


13 


15 


14 


14 


16 


15 


15 


17 


16 


16 


17 


17 



































































































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THE COUPON BALLOT 


Brought for’d... 


Totals.... 


SOCIAL DEMOCRAT. 


o 


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9 1011 


12 


13 14 


15 


9 1011112 


10 


11 


12 


13114 


13 


14 


16 


PROHIBITION. 


17 


15 


15 


161 : 


II 2 


16 


17 


O 


M 


6 7 


5 




10 


10 


11 


12 


13 


14 


11 


10 


11 


12 


12 


13 


13 




15 


16 


1415 


14 


15 


16 


17 


17 


16 


17 





















































































































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THE COUPON BALLOT. 


Instructions to inspectors of election.— Two sets of tally must be kept in each precinct by two different 
persons, and the two must be compared at the bottom of each sheet and corrected if errors have occurred. 
Ballot number one is to be recorded in the first cross column immediately under the first set of column 
numbers, by simply drawing a black line through whatever space the ballot indicates. For instance: A 
straight line drawn clear across the red section in cross column indicates a straight red ticket. If column 
10 is skipped in making the black line and a short black line is drawn horizontally across column 10 on the 
blue section in the same cross column, that would record a ticket that had been voted straight on the red 
except office number 10, which in that case would be blue. If an error is made by drawing black line through 
a column, do not rub it out, simply make a zero of it. At the bottom of sheet No. 1, in cross column marked 
“totals” write in the total of each column in that sheet, and check same with the other person who is keeping 
the other set. The number of each ballot must appear in the left hand column on the sheet in column 
marked “ Ballot number” in the same cross line in which the ballot is recorded. The totals on sheet num¬ 
ber 1 must be carried forward to sheet No. 2 in first column above first set of column numbers, and so on 
with each succeeding sheet, so that the total vote for each candidate will appear in the total column at the 
bottom of the last sheet. Each sheet must be numbered and signed by person who kept it and all must be 
preserved with ballots. 

When sheets do not agree, find where the sheets disagree, by folding one of the sheets perpendicularly on 
that column. Cover the other sheet with it, thus bringing the two columns side by side, and the ballot 
number will tell you which ballot has not been tallied correctly. 

The above sheet was kept and compared by me. 


Tallyman. 


(On back.) 


Township (or precinct) 


November 


191 


Tallyman. 


Inspector. 


Inspector. 


Inspector. 














THE COUPON BALLOT. 


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[Chapter 545, Laws of 1909.] 

AN ACT To create sections 44a-l to 44a-36, inclusive, of the statutes authorizing any county board 

to adopt the coupon ballot for use at general elections, and providing methods for its use when so 

adopted. 

I 1 

The people of the State of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as 
follows: 

Section 1 . There are added to the statutes thirty-six new sections, to read— 

Sec. 44a-l. It is the intention of this Act to provide a form of ballot for use at 
general elections, whereby there will be no opportunities for fraudulent practices, 
one that may be counted rapidly and whereby a complete record will be kept in 
the tally sheets, showing how each ballot was counted, and this Act shall be so 
construed as to give force and effect to this expressed intention. 

* ****** 

Sec. 44a-15. At any time within three months after the passage of this act the 
chairmen of the State central committees of all political parties legally entitled to a 
political designation upon the ballot may meet in the office of the secretary of state 
and choose, by lot or otherwise, a different color for each political party, to be the 
color of the paper, which the party ticket of the ballot shall be printed upon. 

Sec. 44a-16. If such selection of colors is made by the aforesaid chairmen they 
shall tile samples of the same in the secretary of state’s office and the ballot shall be 
printed upon such colors where the coupon ballot is in use. 

Sec. 44tt-I7. If no choice of colors has been made prior to such time then it shall 
be the duty of the secretary of state to make such selections of colors and file samples 
of the same in his office. 

Sec. 44«-18. After the colors mentioned above are determined the secretary of 
state shall furnish each county clerk with such samples as will enable him to prop¬ 
erly procure the printing of the ballot, to the end that the color shall be the same in 
all counties using this ballot. 

******* 

Sec. 44a-27. On receiving his ballot the elector shall forthwith retire alone to one 
of the booths or compartments to prepare the same. After preparing his ballot the 
elector shall close the same so as to conceal the contents of both the official ballot 
folder and the remainder envelope. * * * He shall proceed to the presence of 
the inspectors, * * * and there seal both the official ballot folder and the re¬ 

mainder envelope, so that the inspectors may see him seal them. The voter shall then 
deliver both the official ballot folder and the remainder envelope to the inspectors. 
Whereupon the inspectors shall securely connect both parts by placing the official 
ballot folder into the pocket on the side of the remainder envelope and seal it in so 
that both parts of the ballot shall be kept together. Then the inspectors shall place 
such attached parts of the ballot into the ballot box. After receiving his ballot the 
voter must not leave the polling place until he has returned the same to the inspec¬ 
tors. The voter must not carry away any part of the ballot from the polling place. 

Sec. 44a-28. In determining the intent of the voter where the coupon ballot is 
used the following rules shall be observed: 

1. If any elector shall place inside of the official ballot folder the whole of any 
party sheet of the ballot he shall be deemed to have voted for all of the candidates 
upon the sheet, unless he shall have inclosed therein the names of other candidates 
taken from other sheets of the ballot, also, in which case the other names so accom¬ 
panying a party sheet shall be deemed an exception to the party sheet names of the 
same number, and shall be counted in preference to the names on the whole sheet, 
even if the voter shall have neglected to remove the names that he did not want to 
vote for from the party sheet. 

2. Should the names of two or more candidates for the same office stand upon an 
equality as regards the evident intention of the voter then neither shall be counted; 
for example: Two loose coupons of the same number not accompanied by a party 
sheet. The voter must not write any name upon any part of the ballot, and the 
writing of any name, or any other evident attempt to identify his ballot shall be 
sufficient grounds for rejecting such identified ballot. 

Sec. 44a-29. (a) Should the voter wish to vote for any person whose name is not 
on the ballot, he may do so by writing such name and office on one of the blank 
sheets hereinafter mentioned, folding it so as to conceal the writing and voting it 
separately from the coupon ballot, and such name shall be counted for the office 
named: Provided, That the total number of votes for that office shall be less than the 
total number of electors voting at such polls: Provided however, That no name upon 
such written ballot shall be counted if the same name is on the coupon ballot. 


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THE COUPON BALLOT. 


( b) The county clerk of every county in which the coupon ballot is used shall fur¬ 
nish, with the other supplies sent to each polling place, a number of sheets of ordi¬ 
nary white paper, equal to the number of ballots furnished, which shall be six inches 
wide and of sufficient length for the purpose of writing thereon a complete ticket for 
voting. One such sheet may be given to each voter by the ballot clerks with the 
ballot, and one such sheet must be given to each voter requesting it. Such blank, 
so furnished, for the purpose of writing and voting names not on the coupon ballot, 
must be indorsed by the ballot clerks before delivering to the voter and so folded by 
the voter as to show such indorsement to the inspectors without exposing contents. 

Sec. 44a-30. At the close of the polls, after the poll list has been verified in the 
manner now provided by law, the inspectors shall proceed to number the ballots 
consecutively. Both parts of each ballot (the official ballot folder and the remainder 
envelope) shall be designated by the same number before separating them or as they 
are separated. After thus numbering both parts of the ballo and separating them, 
the remainder envelopes, containing the remainders of the ballots, shall be put back 
into the ballot box immediately, unopened, the official ballot folders shall then be 
opened and their contents recorded upon the tally sheets without removal from the 
folders in the following manner: 

Sec. 44a-31. Official ballot folder number one shall first be opened and its contents 
recorded by number upon the tally sheet in ballot column number on*. * * * 

After which ballot number two shall be so opened and recorded * * * in the 
same manner, which process shall be continued with all the ballots consecutively 
until all have been so opened and recorded. 

Sec. 44-32. After the canvass of the ballot is completed, then the inspectors shall 
take the remainders from the ballot box and tie and seal them in a bundle and 
place them in the sack, as now provided by law. 

Sec. 44a-33. In case a recount of the ballots is ordered, the remainders of the 
ballots may be used for that purpose, giving each one the value of the absent portion. 
They may also be checked and compared by number with the contents of the official 
ballot folders. 

Sec. 44a-34. A tally sheet made according to the plan of the sample tally sheet, 
hereto attached and made part of this act, may be used in all counties where the 
coupon ballot is used. When such tally sheets are provided, instructions for their 
use must be printed on the tally sheets, and they must be kept accordingly and 
signed and preserved with the ballots, one tally sheet with the official ballot folders 
and one with the remainders. 

******* 

Sec. 44a-36. In the counties that adopt the provisions of this act in accordance 
with section 44a-2 of this act the elections shall be conducted in all respects the 
same as now provided by law, except where present provisions are inconsistent 
with the provisions of this act, in which case the provisions of this act shall control. 


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